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CONSTITUTION AND ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL 2016

                 Western Australia


 Constitution and Electoral Amendment
                Bill 2016

                    Contents

     Part 1 -- Preliminary
1.   Short title                                 2
2.   Commencement                                2
     Part 2 -- Electoral districts, and
          members of the Assembly,
          increased from 59 to 61
     Division 1 -- Constitution Acts Amendment
           Act 1899 amended
3.   Act amended                                 3
4.   Section 18 amended                          3
     Division 2 -- Electoral Act 1907 amended
5.   Act amended                                 3
6.   Section 16C amended                         3
     Part 3 -- Redistribution after the
          next general election:
          transitional provisions
7.   Act amended                                 4
8.   Section 16L amended                         4




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                           Western Australia


                      LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

            (Introduced by Hon Mr Martin Aldridge, MLC)


      Constitution and Electoral Amendment
                     Bill 2016

                               A Bill for


An Act to amend --
•  the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899; and
•  the Electoral Act 1907.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     Part 1          Preliminary

     s. 1



1                           Part 1 -- Preliminary
2    1.       Short title
3             This is the Constitution and Electoral Amendment Act 2016.

4    2.       Commencement
5             This Act comes into operation as follows --
6              (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the
7                    Royal Assent (assent day);
8              (b) the rest of the Act --
9                       (i) on 12 March 2017; or
10                     (ii) if a date other than 11 March 2017 is fixed,
11                          under the Electoral Act 1907, for the polling in
12                          the next general election for the Assembly, on
13                          the day after that polling day.




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                                     Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016
          Electoral districts, and members of the Assembly, increased        Part 2
                                                        from 59 to 61
                     Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended       Division 1
                                                                                s. 3


1          Part 2 -- Electoral districts, and members of the
2                 Assembly, increased from 59 to 61
3     Division 1 -- Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended
4    3.         Act amended
5               This Division amends the Constitution Acts Amendment
6               Act 1899.

7    4.         Section 18 amended
8               In section 18 delete "59" and insert:
9

10              61
11


12                   Division 2 -- Electoral Act 1907 amended
13   5.         Act amended
14              This Division amends the Electoral Act 1907.

15   6.         Section 16C amended
16              In section 16C(1) delete "59" and insert:
17

18              61
19




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     Part 3          Redistribution after the next general election: transitional
                     provisions

     s. 7


1    Part 3 -- Redistribution after the next general election:
2                   transitional provisions
3    7.         Act amended
4               This Part amends the Electoral Act 1907.

5    8.         Section 16L amended
6         (1)   In section 16L(1) insert in alphabetical order:
7

8                      commencement day means the day on which the
9                      Constitution and Electoral Amendment Act 2016 Part 2
10                     comes into operation;
11

12        (2)   In section 16L(1) in the definition of previous electoral
13              distribution delete "26 February 2005." and insert:
14

15              commencement day.
16

17        (3)   In section 16L(2):
18                (a) delete "repeal of the Electoral Distribution Act 1947 by
19                      section 8 of the Electoral Amendment and Repeal
20                      Act 2005," and insert:
21

22                      amendments effected by the Constitution and Electoral
23                      Amendment Act 2016 Part 2,
24

25               (b)    in paragraphs (a) and (b) delete "the commencement of
26                      the Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005; and"
27                      and insert:
28

29                      commencement day; and
30



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     Redistribution after the next general election: transitional   Part 3
                                                      provisions

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1         (c)     in paragraph (c)(i) delete "the commencement of the
2                 Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005; or" and
3                 insert:
4

5                 commencement day; or
6

7         (d)     in paragraph (c)(iii) delete "the commencement of the
8                 Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005." and insert:
9

10                commencement day.
11

12      Note: The heading to amended section 16L is to read:
13              Transitional provisions for amendments to law after 2017 general
14              election


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